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parapsychology::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon |
| Type of | psychical communication, psychic communication, anomalous communication |
| Has types | esp, extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, second sight, spirit rapping, table lifting, table rapping, table tapping, table tilting, table tipping, table turning, telekinesis, clairvoyance, e.s.p. |
| Derivation | parapsychological, parapsychologist |
Examples of parapsychology
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The term parapsychology was coined in or around 1889 by philosopher Max Dessoir.
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I hope to contribute to the psychic phenomena, parapsychology and related topics.
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There have been instances of fraud in the history of parapsychology research.
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At the top parapsychology rarely improves, frequently it is crackpot after crackpot.
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The study of phenomena said to be psychokinetic is part of parapsychology.
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I can help a bit with personality, cognitive, social, and parapsychology.
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Two universities in the United States currently have academic parapsychology laboratories.
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Within parapsychology there are disagreements over the results and methodology as well.
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I don't believe in parapsychology, but I do believe in Christianity.
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- Psychic phenomena: phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes
- (parapsychological) beyond normal physical explanation
- (parapsychologist) someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
- Parapsychology is a discipline that seeks to investigate the existence and causes of psychic abilities, near-death experiences, and life after death using the scientific method. ...
- The avenue of paranormal studies and research relating chiefly to psychic abilities (e.s.p., telepathy) and spiritual phenomena.
- Literally beyond psychology. The study of apparent new means of communication, or interaction, between organisms and their environment (commonly referred to as psi, or psychic ability), beyond those presently understood by the scientific community.
- Parapsychology is the study of seeming mental awareness of or influence upon external objects, without any physical or energetic means of causation which scientists currently understand. ...
- The scientific study of unusual events associated with the human experience and PSI subjects.
- Refers to a branch of psychology that seeks to explain the paranormal (which cannot be explained in terms of normal sensory experience)
